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One of our partners for our September 3st of the Month event, Angel's Envy Bourbon is a total blast to make cocktails with. While it's delicious enough to drink neat, the complexity added from finishing the spirit in Port Wine barrels makes it deliciously-mixable.

For this cocktail, we've made a simple apple syrup. Easy to make at home you start with 2 cups of apple juice. We juiced our own organic fuji apples, but you could indeed purchase apple juice. Obviously, the better the juice, the better the syrup. We then added 1 oz of lime juice to the 2 cups of apple juice and placed in a stockpot over high heat. Boiling away the water, we reduced the 2 cups down to just 1/2 cup. This syrup will keep refrigerated for two weeks...but we're guessing it won't last nearly that long.

For added complexity, we also added a little lemon bitters an Averna Amaro. We tested it with other bitter aperitifs, but this was our favorite by far.